Hero Arts - Right as Rain

Hero Arts Plant + Stand Die Set

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS “hello” created with the Hero Arts Paper Layering Plant + Stand die set.

I colored Bristol with a variety of inks and cut it with the die set pieces. The stand was cut from a woodgrain cardstock.
I stamped the Sending Smiles sentiment on vellum.
I added the vellum to a faux watercolored paper background, which is revealed on the left-hand side. The vellum is adhered to the background under the leaves and pot.
I adhered the pot, stand, and leaves to the card front, using foam adhesive on some of the leaves for dimension.

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CAS Christmas Ornament

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card on which I’ve combined several older Poppystamps dies.

I used the Poppystamps Viviro Ornament die set to cut the snowflake “string” for the ornament. I trimmed off the ornament part of the die-cut in order to use a different ornament.
I heat-embossed the Hero Arts sentiment on red cardstock and cut it with the Poppystamps Pinpoint Shaker Ornament die.
I adhered the two pieces together.
I dry-embossed the light-blue background with the Taylored Expressions Cable Knit folder.
When I added the dry-embossed panel to the patterned paper base, the transition was too harsh, so I added a white mat.

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CAS Christmas Tree – Impression Obsession Christmas Tree Cutout

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Christmas card created with supplies that I’ve owned for some time. In fact, I first used (it’s possible it was the only time I used) the Impression Obsession Christmas Tree Cutout die in this post for Ellen Hutson in 2014. I like revisting my supplies and finding new designs on which to use them.

I white heat-embossed one of my favorite sentiments (from the now-retired Hero Arts Operation Write Home Winter Wishes set) on Taylored Expressions Blue Raspberry cardstock. I cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die.
I cut the Impression ObsessionChristmas Tree Cutout tree using the outline die from Poppy Parade cardstock and again with both the outline die and detail die from white cardstock. I glued the two together.
I stamped the Hero Arts Candy Stripes background with Lady Bug ink.

I like the whimsy of the Christmas tree, reinforced with the colors and the striped card background. Thanks for stopping by!

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Spellbinders CAS Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing two CAS cards featuring products from the 3D Holiday Vignettes at Spellbinders, designed by Becca Feeken. A few months ago, I shared projects with these same products, which you can see here. I don’t always have the time to create projects as detailed as those, so I created two more cards using just the focal image dies in those sets. Let’s take a look!

On the first card, I used the Santa Claus die set to cut Whip Cream cardstock for the focal image. I used the circle die in that set to cut a light green cardstock with which to back the image. I added the assembly to a red cardstock base on which I heat-embossed a sentiment.

My second card features the Reindeer Prance set. I cut the focal image from Whip Cream cardstock and backed it with the same soft green as in the first card. I added the assembly to a dry-embossed background and added the heat-embossed sentiment.

Supplies: Hero Arts Holiday Animals (now retired)

Two Takes on a CAS Halloween Scene

Hello! I am sharing two CAS Halloween-themed cards using the same two products – Penny Black’s Layered Scene die set and Hero Arts Ghostly Greetings stamp set – and same design. I’ve just switched the colors.

I recently reorganized all of my cardstock by color, so it was easy to compare oranges and purples for the cards. I didn’t want the purple to be too dark, given that I was stamping the sentiment with black ink. I used Bazzill Gummy Bear for the purple and SU Pumpkin Pie for the orange. I considered teal as well, but the purple just felt right! I used the largest die in the Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle die set to cut the card background. I like the finished edge it gives.

I previously shared cards (non-Halloween) with the Penny Black Layered Scene here. I just couldn’t resist using the dies for a spookier scene.

I’ve used the Hero Arts Ghostly Greetings set time and again for the past several years. It’s now retired, but I’ll probably never get rid of it!

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